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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dazzling Agave (pronounced as uh-gah-vay)

Now here's my new experiment with colors! I took a simple green succulent and wanted to make it look abstract. Hope you like my fantasy -

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Dazzling Agave - 12x16 inches, Oil on Canvas Panel

I tried to take the best picture here, but nowadays I feel its a challenge to take a picture of my painting. In person, the painting looks a bit different since one can see the depth of color and its variations. The camera doesn't really capture all of it.

About Agave: These kind of succulents are found in abundance in southern and western United States. It was considered sacred plant by Ancient Mexicans. It was a belief that the liquid from this plant purified the body and soul.

I thought this will be interesting for you all to know that the juices from the agave after fermenting, leads to the drink called tequila.

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I have been artistic and tried out different mediums – water color, acrylic, silk painting in early part of my life. However, oil painting has been a journey of last five years. Although I am a self taught artist, Susan Sarback’s workshop this year, gave a huge boost in the quality of my paintings. At the same time I got hooked on to painting using palette knife!
I love the experience of creating and expressing myself through colors! I hope my paintings bring the viewers lots happiness.